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After a busy week for the UK Independence Party, including rumours of a potential election pact with the Conservatives, Rosie Goldsmith profiles UKIP leader Nigel Farage. Show more

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Mark Tully talks to the Archbishop of Westminster, in Westminster cathedral, as part of an exploration of the contemporary purpose of church buildings.
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Trai Anfield is in North Yorkshire in ancient woodland known for its deadwood bugs, led by passionate invertebrate expert Roger Key. Show more

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The Rev Dr Sam Wells presents the Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. To give, call 0800 082 8284 [free from BT landlines] or visit the Radio 4 website. Show more

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Advent Expectations: Doing What's Expected is the theme of Mass, live from Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. The preacher is Fr Father Benedict Jonak OP. Show more

Mary Beard reflects on why 'customer satisfaction' surveys have no place in universities, and pines for the days when students could tell a professor their lectures were rubbish. Show more

News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.

Libby Purves on how the money from the 2011 appeal has helped homeless and vulnerable people across the UK. To give call 0800 082 8284 or donate online at the Radio 4 website. Show more

Emma faces a quandary. Meanwhile Lilian is feeling low. Show more

Hollywood film star Dustin Hoffman is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more

A visit to the Symphony Hall in Birmingham for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, plus Jeremy Hardy on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind a celebratory meal created using ingredients from UK food producers who were nominated for the BBC Food and Farming Awards. Show more

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The latest national and international news, presented by Shaun Ley. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.

Hardeep Singh Kohli cooks for Wayne Burns and Lindsay Ball to find out how dramatic weight loss changed their lives. From December 2012. Show more

Chaired by Eric Robson, this week the GQT team visit Oxfordshire with Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Wilson and Anne Swithinbank. Show more

As Radio 4 launches its Christmas Appeal, Fi Glover hears about the challenges of homelessness on the streets of London, as well as conversations about politics and activism. Show more

All Parisian society wants to meet the mysterious, and fabulously wealthy Count. Starring Iain Glen, Toby Jones and Paul Rhys. Show more

Sathnam Sanghera talks to James Naughtie and readers about his award-winning memoir The Boy with the Topknot. Show more

Poet and teacher Lavinia Greenlaw reappraises Ezra Pound's youthful manifesto, A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste. A century on, what can his lively don'ts do for today's poets? Show more

In the last few years, groups like Anonymous have hacked into government and company websites. Simon Cox delves into the strange world of the hacker activist, or 'hacktivist'. Show more

Libby Purves on how the money from the 2011 appeal has helped homeless and vulnerable people across the UK. To give call 0800 082 8284 or donate online at the Radio 4 website. Show more

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Stewart Henderson makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

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Nick dons a police helmet to take statements from an unhappy couple. With Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly. From August 2010. Show more

1890s Klondike - Injun and Goat both turn 22 and embark on a journey to The Yukon goldfields. Read by Danny Mahoney. Show more

Jane Garvey and Julian Worricker present a special programme marking the 70th anniversary of William Beveridge's ground-breaking report which founded the welfare state. Show more

The Rev Dr Sam Wells presents the Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. To give, call 0800 082 8284 [free from BT landlines] or visit the Radio 4 website. Show more

As entrepreneurs from all over Europe rush to set up their businesses in Berlin, Peter Day asks what is behind the success of this new high-tech hub. Show more

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

Steve Richards of the Independent analyses how the newspapers are covering the Leveson report's findings. Show more

The latest from the world of film. Francine Stock meets with Ralph Fiennes who, fresh from Skyfall, is now rattling his leg-irons as Magwitch in Mike Newell's Great Expectations. Show more

Mark Tully talks to the Archbishop of Westminster, in Westminster cathedral, as part of an exploration of the contemporary purpose of church buildings.
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Laurie Taylor hears about a new study by anthropologist Akhil Gupta which seeks to understand why Indian state bureaucracy hinders the fight against poverty. Show more

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